Levick v. Bensing

Citations

• 1 Monag. 592
• 17 A. 10
• 1889 Pa. LEXIS 1313

Syllabus

<p>In an action of ejectment, the plaintiff attempted to prove that a deed, absolute on its face, was really a mortgage. The evidence failed to show what amount was specified, for which the deed was to stand as security, and within what time the loan was to be repaid and there was no evidence that any amount had ever been repaid. The defendant in the ejectment was a bona fide purchaser for value without notice of the claim that the deed was a defeasable conveyance. Meld, that the court committed no error in giving binding instructions for the •defendant.</p>